> SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. This is the Markdown copy of https://specstream.ai/alternatives/thomasnet. Every page, with what SpecStream does and costs: https://specstream.ai/llms.txt # Best Thomasnet alternatives in 2026 | SpecStream Compared on Nov 9, 2026. # Thomasnet alternatives in 2026 **Every maker for your part, standard and region, at 5¢ to $1 a row.** Thomasnet is a directory of more than 500,000 North American suppliers. The supplier pays for it: WebFX reports $7,000 to $10,000 a year for a listing, and Thomas tells suppliers that advertising raises their ranking in your search results. Each supplier manages its own description, capabilities and certifications, and your shortlist stays on the platform. SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Describe the part, the standard and the region in plain words, and Deep Search returns every maker on the live web that meets them as a structured row in your supplier sheet, with the certificates the maker's own site states and a link to where it says so. 200 makers with 15 facts each cost $30, and you approve the most a run can cost before it starts. [Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-thomasnet&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=thomasnet&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DContract%2520manufacturers%2520in%2520Mexico%2520whose%2520own%2520site%2520states%2520ISO%252013485%252C%2520with%2520the%2520certificate%252C%2520the%2520processes%2520they%2520run%252C%2520the%2520plant%2520address%2520and%2520a%2520sourcing%2520contact%2520email) New accounts get $10 of credit, no card. ## SpecStream and Thomasnet side by side | | SpecStream | Thomasnet | | --- | --- | --- | | What you send | The makers you want in plain words: the part, the standard and the region, with the conditions every row must meet | A search of its directory, filtered by location, certifications and more, or a browse through over 80,000 industrial categories | | Where the makers come from | The live web, read when you ask. Facts from the maker's own site and many other sites join into one record | Its own directory: profiles of more than 500,000 North American suppliers. Each supplier manages its company description, capabilities, certifications and contact details | | Who appears, and in what order | Every maker that meets the conditions you wrote. Each condition is checked against the maker's own words and numbers, and a maker that fails one is left out | Suppliers pay for position. Thomas tells suppliers its advertising "boosts your ranking in buyer search results" and brings 25x more buyer evaluations. A free profile gets basic positioning in limited categories | | What you get back | Structured rows, one record per maker, with the facts you asked for as columns. Source URL and read time on every value | Supplier profiles with catalogs, certifications and capabilities, read one at a time on the platform | | Certificates | The certificate as the maker's own site states it, with the page that states it. Each condition of your request shows the page that states it, or that no page states it yet | A search filter and a profile field. The supplier manages the certifications on its own profile | | Regions and data already held | Any region you name. SpecStream also holds public databases, such as the 25,792 establishments in 103 countries registered with the FDA to make medical devices, at [specstream.ai/data/medical-devices](https://specstream.ai/data/medical-devices?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=thomasnet) | North America. Thomas describes its directory as more than 500,000 North American suppliers and over 500,000 U.S.-based suppliers | | A vendor list you already have | Import a CSV, Excel file, Google Sheet or Airtable base of up to 20,000 rows. SpecStream fills in or checks each row and matches it to one identity. Import is free. A row that matches pays its rate, and a row that does not costs 5¢ | Shortlists you create on Thomas from the suppliers in its directory | | Reaching the maker | Ask for the contact in the request. A row that carries it adds 5¢ for a person's email and 15¢ for a phone | An RFI sent to the supplier on Thomas, or the supplier's website or phone | | What it costs | A delivered row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 by how much the row needs. 200 makers with 15 facts each cost $30. The most a run can cost is quoted before it starts, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing | Thomas prints no price for a listing. The supplier pays: WebFX reports $7,000 to $10,000 a year on average, and $25,000 to $50,000 and beyond in crowded categories | | Where the data goes | Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion, monday.com, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Slack, Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n and signed webhooks. Agents and code use the MCP server, REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs and a CLI | It stays on Thomasnet. Thomas describes searching, comparing and contacting suppliers "all on the platform" | ## Why Thomasnet buyers move to SpecStream ### Every row meets the conditions you wrote On Thomasnet the supplier is the customer. Thomas sells suppliers a higher place in your results: its advertising page promises 25x more buyer evaluations with premium placement, and a free profile gets basic positioning in limited categories. On SpecStream the request decides who appears. You write the part, the standard, the region and anything else a maker must meet, and SpecStream reads the request back as parts you can edit before anything runs. Each condition is checked against the maker's own words and numbers, and a maker that fails one is not delivered. ### The certificate as the maker's site states it When few makers on your sheet hold ISO 13485 or AS9100, you search by the certificate. A Thomasnet profile shows the certifications the supplier entered. A SpecStream row gives the certificate as the maker's own site states it, with a link to where it says so, and each value carries its source URL and the time it was read. Your quality lead can open the page for row 147 before the RFQ goes out. ### A new region in one request Thomasnet covers North American suppliers that have a profile on it. SpecStream reads the live web, so a request for makers in Mexico or Poland runs the same way as one for Ohio, and a run keeps working until it reaches the count you asked for. SpecStream also holds the public databases a sourcing team starts from. On November 9, 2026, [specstream.ai/data/medical-devices](https://specstream.ai/data/medical-devices?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=thomasnet) showed 25,792 establishments in 103 countries registered with the FDA to make medical devices, listing 5,560 device types, from FDA data exported November 6, 2026. Ask for your own cut of it, joined with what each maker's site says. ### A price per maker, set before the run A row costs 5¢ with up to 5 facts, 15¢ with up to 15 facts and one set of related records, and $1 for a deep row with no limit. A contact adds 5¢ for a person's email and 15¢ for a phone. 200 makers with 15 facts each cost $30. Every request gets a quote of the most it can cost, good for 30 minutes, and nothing runs until you approve it. Duplicates and rows you already own are not charged, and whatever a run does not use goes back to your balance. ### Your supplier sheet stays up to date Import the vendor list you have, up to 20,000 rows, and SpecStream fills in or checks each row. Save a request and it reruns hourly to yearly. Each maker comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching, so a certificate that left the maker's site or a plant that closed shows as a change. A changed or new row costs half its rate, and an unchanged row costs 1¢. New matches arrive in Slack, email, a sheet or a signed webhook. ### Measured on the public benchmarks The SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions, with 978 correct. On WideSearch, the benchmark for building tables from the web, SpecStream scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. The method and every score are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=thomasnet). ## Other Thomasnet alternatives ### SpecStream The live web data engine for teams and agents. One request in plain words returns every maker for a part, a standard and a region as structured rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with the certificates each maker's own site states. ### Europages A supplier directory for Europe. Europages says 1 million buyers a month use its database of over 2.2 million suppliers, manufacturers and wholesalers, and it runs requests for quotes. SpecStream returns the makers that meet your standard in any region as rows in your own sheet, each with the page that states the certificate. ### MFG A custom manufacturing marketplace. You post a request for quotes and manufacturers answer it, and MFG counts 50k+ buyers and 100k+ manufacturers on its home page. SpecStream gives you every maker that fits before you send an RFQ, at 5¢ to $1 a row, so the RFQ goes to the makers you chose. ### Veridion A supplier data provider for enterprises. Its Data Foundations package covers up to 50M entities with a quarterly refresh, and its pricing page says "We don't publish fixed prices because every engagement is scoped." SpecStream's price is on the page, the first $10 of credit needs no card, and each row is read from the live web when you ask. ### TealBook A supplier data platform sold on custom enterprise contracts with no public list price. A comparison by Procurement AI Agents dated April 17, 2026 reports $30,000 to $80,000 a year for a smaller scope and $100,000 to $300,000 or more for a large enterprise. On SpecStream, 200 makers with 15 facts each cost $30, with no contract. ### A sourcing agent A person or agency that finds and vets suppliers for you. Epic Sourcing reports that agencies often charge $300 to $1,500 as a flat fee for one sourcing task. SpecStream returns the makers for the same search as rows at 5¢ to $1 each, and reruns the search on your schedule at 1¢ for each maker that did not change. ## How SpecStream scores The same numbers as the benchmarks page, from the official tasks and scorers. ResultsWideSearchCostSimpleQA Verified | | SpecStream | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/parallel.svg)Parallel | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/exa.svg)Exa | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/tavily.svg)Tavily | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/perplexity.svg)Perplexity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Web research**WideSearch, GPT-5.6 Luna | 60.9 | 45.5 | 53.0 | 47.9 | 47.0 | | **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Luna | 96 | 94 | 91 | 94 | 94 | | **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Sol | 99 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 95 | ## How to switch from Thomasnet Write the search you would run on Thomasnet as one request: the part, the standard, the region and the facts you want on each maker. Sign up and you get $10 of credit, no card. At 15¢ a row, that is 66 makers with up to 15 facts each. If you keep a shortlist or an approved vendor list, import it as a CSV, an Excel file, a Google Sheet or an Airtable base. SpecStream fills in or checks each row, and the rows land in the sheet your team already uses. Or send the request from code. This call spends nothing: the `402` reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost. ``` curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"request": "Contract manufacturers in Mexico whose own site states ISO 13485, with the certificate, the processes they run, the plant address and a sourcing contact email", "count": 25}' ``` [Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-thomasnet&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=thomasnet&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DContract%2520manufacturers%2520in%2520Mexico%2520whose%2520own%2520site%2520states%2520ISO%252013485%252C%2520with%2520the%2520certificate%252C%2520the%2520processes%2520they%2520run%252C%2520the%2520plant%2520address%2520and%2520a%2520sourcing%2520contact%2520email) ## Frequently asked questions Something we didn't answer? [Talk to a human](https://specstream.ai/talk-to-a-human.md) How much does Thomasnet cost? Thomas prints no price for a listing, and WebFX reports $7,000 to $10,000 a year on average, rising to $25,000 to $50,000 and beyond in crowded categories. The supplier pays that, and a basic company profile is free. On SpecStream the buyer pays for data: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row, so 200 makers with 15 facts each cost $30. What is the best Thomasnet alternative? SpecStream, at 5¢ to $1 a delivered row. You describe the part, the standard and the region in plain words, approve the most the run can cost, and get every maker that meets your conditions as rows in your supplier sheet, with the certificates each maker's own site states. How many suppliers are on Thomasnet? More than 500,000 North American suppliers in over 80,000 industrial categories, by Thomas's own count. SpecStream reads the live web when you ask, in any region you name, and also holds public databases such as the 25,792 establishments in 103 countries registered with the FDA to make medical devices. Can SpecStream find makers with ISO 13485 or AS9100? Yes, at 15¢ a row with up to 15 facts. Write the standard as a condition, and each row gives the certificate as the maker's own site states it, with the page that states it and the time it was read. Can I check the suppliers I already have? Yes, up to 20,000 rows per import. Bring a CSV, an Excel file, a Google Sheet or an Airtable base, and SpecStream fills in or checks each row. Import is free, a row that matches pays its rate, and a row that does not costs 5¢. Does SpecStream have an API? Yes. The Search API costs $5 per 1,000 searches of up to 10 results, the Extract API costs $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and Deep Search returns rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1. All three run through the REST API, the Python and TypeScript SDKs, the CLI and the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp`. Do I need a contract or a sales call to start? No. Sign up and you get $10 of credit, no card. Plans run by the month at $19, $99 or $499, each turned into credit at the same row rates, and a yearly plan adds 20% more credit. ### Sources SpecStream wrote this page. Each rival figure comes from that company's own page, or from the third-party page named beside it. 1. [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing)specstream.ai/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026 2. [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md)specstream.ai/agents.md, read Nov 9, 2026 3. [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks)specstream.ai/benchmarks, read Nov 9, 2026 4. [SpecStream medical device makers](https://specstream.ai/data/medical-devices)specstream.ai/data/medical-devices, read Nov 9, 2026 5. [About Thomas](https://business.thomasnet.com/about)business.thomasnet.com/about, read Nov 9, 2026 6. [Thomas for suppliers](https://business.thomasnet.com/)business.thomasnet.com/, read Nov 9, 2026 7. [Thomas company profile](https://business.thomasnet.com/get-listed-on-thomasnet)business.thomasnet.com/get-listed-on-thomasnet, read Nov 9, 2026 8. [Thomas advertising](https://business.thomasnet.com/start-advertising)business.thomasnet.com/start-advertising, read Nov 9, 2026 9. [WebFX, Is ThomasNet worth it?](https://www.webfx.com/blog/manufacturing/is-thomasnet-worth-it/)webfx.com/blog/manufacturing/is-thomasnet-worth-it/, read Nov 9, 2026 10. [Europages](https://www.europages.co.uk/)europages.co.uk/, read Nov 9, 2026 11. [MFG](https://www.mfg.com/)mfg.com/, read Nov 9, 2026 12. [Veridion pricing](https://veridion.com/pricing)veridion.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026 13. [Procurement AI Agents, Tealbook vs Scoutbee](https://procurement-ai-agents.pages.dev/compare/tealbook-vs-scoutbee-supplier-discovery)procurement-ai-agents.pages.dev/compare/tealbook-vs-scoutbee-supplier-discovery, read Nov 9, 2026 14. [Epic Sourcing, sourcing agent fees](https://www.epicsourcing.co/post/sourcing-agent-fees-usa-2026)epicsourcing.co/post/sourcing-agent-fees-usa-2026, read Nov 9, 2026